270 Inscription from Pu-qan. [No. 3, 
(and) cows,* to be the property of the three treasures, royally bestowt 
pure milk curds (and) rice-producing land;{ * * * * in quantity at 
the place (called) Po-oon-tshay-tsyeng until you reach the village 
Tsagyo, and from the north to the west until you reach the Nhen- 
gyee§ stream, (what is) my own (that I) bestow, rice land (in 
extent) 50;|| digging spades 50; broad spades 50; planks 50 ;* 
ploughs 50;7 sickle handles divided 110; earth rakes 50; in all 
410. This my good work the men who have assisted, may they 
remain a hundred years; (but) that my good work, the loose de- 
structive men, who would make away with, (it) may the earth swal- 
low (them up); may the thunderbolts strike them ; may the clergy 
and laity avoid them; may tigers devour them; may crocodiles eat 
them, to-day may they be destroyed ; may their blood harden and 
become corrupt ;§ may calamity, enmity, and evil overtake them ;|| 
may all their endeavours come to nought; may they die; with gid- 
diness,§] may they have a disgusting stench in the body, with dis- 
tressing skin disease ; with shivering,* and may evil follow them day 
and night. 
* The word in the inscription rendered “cows” reads () FR? or 2 ae if the 
last it. may be a Pali word for cow; if the first it is bad spelling for QQ0900 
* honey and milk,” or “‘ rice and milk.’ 
+ Royally bestow. The word here rendered royally, is in the inscription spelt 
differently to the present mode of spelling that word; indeed it is an abbrevia- 
tion not now in use, yet it is difficult to suppose it to represent any other word. 
et the same time no other phrase in the whole inscription indicates a royal 
donor, 
{ The word connected with “ rice-producing land” left blank in translation as 
not understood, may be the name of the place where it is situated. 
§ It appears there is a small stream at Pu-gan still called Nhen-gyee. 
|| ‘* Rice land fifty.” Probably the mere figures at that time sufficiently indi- 
cated the area of the land. If they meant the produce in bushels the land might 
be three or four English acres. 
{| Some obsolete words not understood precede the word “ spade.” 
* Planks are much used in land prepared for irrigation, to preserve the ridges 
which retain the water. 
+ The word for plough is obsolete, but I am informed is still known in some 
parts of upper Burmah, 
{£ The spelling of the word for rakes differs from that of the present day. 
§ Here the stone begins to be broken, ‘‘ blood become corrupt,” the words of 
the original are doubtful. 
|| “‘ Overtake tnem.’ The words are inserted from the context where the 
stone is broken. 
4] After “ giddiness” words broken away. 
* After ‘shivering’ words broken away. 
